CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist Cared for Children

CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist Cared for Children

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Bury CAMHS is a high-performing and dynamic child and adolescent mental health service, working closely with commissioners and with our partners in Children's Services, education and the VCSE sector to develop models of care within the principles of the i-thrive framework. Our vision is for our local community to be well-equipped to support children and young people, the adults of tomorrow, to grow up with good emotional health and well-being.

As a borough, we are committed at a commissioning and senior leadership level to continue to build on this experience and we aspire to provide our children and young people in care with high quality, trauma-informed services, including access to assessment and psychological therapies provided in a timely manner.

Main duties of the job

We are pleased to offer this opportunity to lead our recently commissioned team in Bury which is co-located within Children's Services. We are looking for a dynamic and clinically experienced 8b clinical psychologist to lead this initiative and to work closely with the Head of Service for Cared for Children in developing this offer. In particular, the post-holder will provide highly specialist advice and consultation to managers, social workers and other professionals around the needs of children in care; will work closely with commissioners and the local authority to advise on placements and/or support packages for children presenting with complex needs, and will provide advice and oversight to inform effective decision-making around any funding requests for external therapeutic provision for this cohort. The successful post-holder will provide specialist consultation to the network around the child/ young person, including foster carers, parents and family and friends carers; will develop and deliver training for foster carers and/or professionals; will liaise closely with CAMHS to ensure timely access to services for vulnerable children and families in line with i-thrive; and will take a lead in service development for this team, working alongside the CAMHS operational manager and lead clinical psychologist as well as external stakeholders.

About us

This is the place in the North West of England, It's ace, it's the best Those are the words of poet Tony Walsh, and we couldn't agree more, but then again, we are biased.

Greater Manchester has everything from the hustle and bustle of city-centre living to rolling hills and beautiful green spaces. Our patch covers towns such as Stockport with over 380 listed buildings, 6 ancient monuments and one of the most iconic viaducts in the UK. Then there's Tameside with its urban centres, moorland and the spectacular vistas of Werneth Low. Over in Oldham you'll find the beautiful Dovestone Reservoir. Rochdale is home to the stunning Hollingworth Lake Country Park; visit Rochdale Town Hall, one of the finest buildings of its kind in Europe; and the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, home of the worldwide Co-operative movement. Finally, a visit to Bury isn't complete without a vist to Bury market and testing its world-famous black pudding.

As well as the usual work perks, we have a number of staff networks that you can attend and participate in to include faiths & beliefs, LGBT+, men's wellbeing, positive ability, race equality, women's network & neurodiverse.

We offer flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.

Most of all, it's our that really do make it a great place to work.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Psychology is well-integrated and highly valued within the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team locally and across the broader Specialist Services Directorate in Pennine Care. There are currently progressive psychological therapies and research work-streams running across the Directorate.The support, development and well-being of our workforce are the foundations on which we continue to develop services to ensure children and young people receive optimal care. We have strong links with local universities and are active in the Clinical Psychology Training Programmes.

Person Specification Education

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS or BPS Statement of Equivalence.
• HCPC registered

Experience

• Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist as a highly specialist clinician, with children, young people and their families
• Experience of clinical supervision/consultancy with psychology, CAMHS and multi-agency staff

Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience of the application of clinical governance and risk management policies and procedures for the maintenance and improvement of psychological services
• Knowledge of professional issues in psychology and psychological therapies in the context of working with children and families
• Knowledge of contemporary legislation relating to the delivery of children's services including mental health and psychological services, and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management with children and families

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£64,455 to £74,896 a yearper annum pro rata